A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

This garden is very fertile.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

The smallest country in the world.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.